LOGINAnd then it was just us. Our family. I picked up Arianna while Tristan got Adrian, and we carried them upstairs to their nursery. The room had been redecorated twice as they'd grown—first to accommodate their crawling, then again when they started pulling up on furniture. Now it was a mix of cribs
Chapter 214 Athena I looked at Adrian in my arms, then at Arianna in Tristan's. They'd grown so much—both walking now (well, Arianna walked, Adrian preferred to crawl at high speed). Both babbling constantly in their own twin language that we couldn't quite decipher. Both showing more personality
Chapter 213 Athena The backyard was full of chaos—the beautiful, loud, messy kind of chaos that came from having a joint first birthday party for twins. I stood on the back porch, watching the scene unfold before me with a smile that felt permanently fixed on my face. Colorful balloons bobbed
Chapter 212 "Mama's sorry," I soothed, bouncing her gently. "But we need to figure this out before you touch any more plants, okay?" "Can I see?" Lily asked, pushing past the adults to get closer to the plant. "Wow, it's so pretty! And it smells good too." She was right. The plant was giving off
Chapter 211 Athena "The plant," I said, knowing I wasn't making sense but unable to form coherent thoughts. "The dying plant in the living room. She touched it. Tristan, she touched it and it came back to life." Silence. All three men just stared at me. "What?" Orion finally asked. "The plant
Chapter 210 Athena Six months. Six months since Adrian and Arianna had come home from the NICU, and I still sometimes woke up in the middle of the night to check that they were breathing. The monitors helped, their steady beeping had become the soundtrack of our lives, but the fear never comple
Chapter 25 The woman lying unconscious on the hospital bed was someone I never thought I'd see again. Someone I'd hoped to never see again, if I'm being completely honest. Seraphine Ashworth. Even after all these years, even with her face swollen and bruised beyond recognition, I knew it was her.
Chapter 20 The past few days have been exhausting. Cars keep flooding into the garage - different models every day. Sleek Ferraris that purr like satisfied cats, vintage Porsches with stories etched into their worn leather seats, custom motorcycles that make my heart ache with memories of Dad tinke
I can practically feel him watching me through the office walls. When I glance up, sure enough, I can see him through his glass door, looking in my direction with that same worried expression. Rolling my eyes, I type back: *On my way.* God help me if Orion comes back and joins this overprotective
Chapter 27 Daxon's POV I stood in the shadows with a bright smile stretching across my face as I watched Athena walk away from that pathetic stranger, her entire body still trembling like a leaf in a storm. I knew what I needed to do to break the little hope she was starting to build again. Ev







